This is a picture of Ed Dittmas' gas station at the corner of
Morris Park and Matthews Avenues in the Bronxdale neighborhood.
It would later become Molina's (Carl and his father) gas
station. It goes back a long way.

--Richard Dallara

This was McKinley Square, where 169th Street crosses Boston
Road. We're looking north along Boston Road. It was taken in
1926, when my father was a student at Morris High School, a few
blocks south of this spot.

--Paul H.

This was the Holy Nativity Episcopal church on Bainbridge Avenue
by the corner of 204th Street, in 1938. We lived around the
corner at 3135 Rochambeau Avenue.

--Donna M.

This picture was taken in 1957. The apartment building on the
left is 751 E. 181st Street, where I grew up. It is no
longer there, having been replaced by row housing. The car in
the foreground is sitting on Prospect Avenue. It is a '49
customized Chevy my friend put together. The chain link fence on
the left enclosed an empty lot, where today there are row
houses. On the right side of the picture were one and two story
private homes which are all gone and it is now a block-long ball
field. Most of the apartment buildings on Prospect Avenue are no
longer there.

--Rich Faro

This was me in 1956 (guess which one was me) with my uncle,
mother, and grandparents, taken by my father. The location looks
like Bronx Park, where I spent many happy days climbing the
rocks and digging up chestnuts while my grandfather smoked his
skinny Erik cigars. My grandparents lived in a third floor
walk-up on Barker Avenue. The view behind is likely Bronx Park
East, between Arnow Avenue and Britton Street.

--Phil Gukowsky

Editor's Note: Phil is correct regarding the location. The tall buildings to the far left were part of the Parkside Projects, and those directly behind him were known as the "Coops."

This picture was taken around 1966. I was in front of the
Nonnan Plaza at 168th Street and Nelson Avenue. Sacred Heart
School had just let out for the day. In the upper right side
was the old Noonan Luncheonette where we would grab lunch
many a day, or we would head further down the block on 168th to
Three Sargent's Pizza. You can also see Dr. Posner's Shoe store
next to the luncheonette and faintly see the sign for the old
MET Supermarket further down the block. There was also a great
bakery a couple of doors down from the shoe store. You can't
tell in this black and white picture but I loved the old red
bricks that used to pave the street at that time.

--Michael Randolph

This picture was taken during the 1968 Bronx Day parade. I was
marching in the parade with my team from the Highbridge Little
League. We were on 161st Street, just east of River Avenue. You
can see the Bronx County Court House on the upper left of the
picture. The parade ended at McCombs Dam Park across the street
from Yankee Stadium.

--Michael AJ Randolph

This was Police Officer Albert Nasi, my father, on the Grand
Concourse at 149th Street. This picture was taken in 1955.

--Jean E. Nasi Levy

This was the dedication of the Mosholu Public Library at the
vacant lot over the IND Concourse Subway terminal at
205th Street and Perry Avenue on Oct 25, 1952. The Third Avenue
El is also in the background on Webster Avenue. (I am in the
picture somewhere.)

--Charles A. Warren

This was the Mosholu Branch of the NY Public Library on 205th
Street, ca. 1955. Prior to the building of the Mosholu Library,
the nearest public library was on Bainbridge Avenue at Fordham
Road.